Beechcraft 1900 ZS-OLD

Summary

On 1 September 2008 at about 15:10 local time, a Beechcraft 1900 registered ZS-OLD, operated by Air Serv International, was involved in an accident near Bukavu, Congo. 17 people were on board and 17 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 September 2008 at 15:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Bukavu, Congo

Nearest airport

Bukavu (FZMA)

Coordinates

-2.2167, 28.7153

Aircraft

Beechcraft 1900

Registration

ZS-OLD

Category

Airplane

Operator

Air Serv International

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kisangani → Bukavu

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA08RA095

17 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On September 1, 2008 about 1510 UTC, ZS-OLD, Beech 1900C, operated by Air Serv International, collided with high terrain during approach to Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The pilot, copilot, and 15 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. There was fire. The last departure point was Kisangani, DRC. The investigation is being conducted by the Ministry of Transport of the DRC. The US Accredited Representative is Dennis Jones, NTSB, Washington, D.C.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.